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    "ocrText": "Mr. Kissinger/Secretary Rogers\n7:20 p. m., April 28, 1970\n- 2 -\nR:\nWhat time Thursday night?\nK:\n10:00.\nR:\nWill anybody be there from the Administration? I was\nscheduled to be in New York to receive an award. It appears wrong\nto do SO. We don't want to appear not to support him. Maybe Mel\nand I should be over there.\nK:\nHe is briefing a large number of Congressmen around 9:15.\nI can't speak for him, but I think it would be a good idea if you were\nthere. That sounds very good. I will suggest it when I see him.\nI know he will appreciate it. What he is planning to do is brief at\n9:15 and then leave at 9:45 to make the speech. He will keep them\nthere through the speech.\nR:\nKeep in mind that it might be a good idea. If we are not\naround, stories will develop about a split in the Administration.\nA few people in State know about it. I had lunch with seven of them\nand told them we support the President. We are not going to\ncomment at all. The Defense Department is leaking like a seive\non this.\nK:\nOn this?\nR:\nA little bit -- but not the big one. I think it would be a good\nidea if Laird and I were there. We don't have to say anything.\nK:\nI\nagree and will urge it on the President tomorrow. Ziegler\nannounces tomorrow morning, depending on how the Parrot's Beak\nthing breaks out of Saigon. I told the President today, for your\ninformation, that Alex and Marshall really were behaving and pulling\nfor this. He came down to the meeting and thanked them. I think\nthat is working out okay.\nR:\nI really think he should get over this feeling that people aren't\nbehind him. A President, if he wants honest expressions of opinion,\nhas to encourage them. He shouldn't distrust them if they do give\nhonest opinions.\nK:\nThe test is, and we haven't flunked it, what happens after a\ndecision is made. Until a decision is made, everyone must speak\nfrankly. If there is any penalty, it is unfortunate for the Administration."
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